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Originally Posted by Zappatime
I recall one of the veterans in the recent 70th anniversay programmes saying that 'dropping in the drink' you only had a few minutes survival time due to the cold waters, unless you were near a passing boat you'd very little chance as loss of feeling in your limbs was rapid.
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Yes, very true. Kit improvements helped this later on, but in the BoB, the RAF were not really prepared for such enventualities.